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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican A preliminary hearing for Stuart Gordon, 22, who is in jail for allegedly stabbing a local woman, will be held in August. At a July 14 arraignment in Chase County Court, Gordon was formally charged with assault in the...

By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican Imperial firefighters suited up in some hot weather for fire calls to the Imperial Volunteer Fire Department Friday through Monday. Grass fires and a fire in hay bales called the department out numerous times those...

By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican Runners from law enforcement agencies across the country paced through Imperial last Wednesday to celebrate the coming of the National Special Olympics to Lincoln this week. The national games on the University of Neb...

By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican For 53 Nebraska counties, including Chase County, some good news was received late last week. Federal disaster aid will be made available to the state of Nebraska to supplement the rebuilding of public property damage...

By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Unlike the previous three school board meetings, there was little discussion last Tuesday on an addition to a Chase County Schools’ policy dealing with movies shown in classrooms and any school-sponsored activity. S...

By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican As the summer temperatures rise outdoors, so do electric customers’ utility bills. That’s a given when a home or business needs to use more electricity for such necessities as air conditioning. Unfortunately, the ...

By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican School board members voted to utilize federal stimulus money to install new playground equipment that will be handicapped accessible. The vote came at the July 13 school board meeting, which also included action on se...

By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican Typically by mid-July, the combine’s already parked and the wheat harvest is in the bin. But then when is anything that has to do with farming typical? This year’s wheat harvest has been delayed much later tha...

By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican The Upper Republican Natural Resources District (URNRD) will not ask for property taxes for their 2010-11 budget. That means more than $1 million collected as a special levy under LB 701 will go back into the pocke...

By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican It’s been a year of unusually heavy rainfall, with nearly 10 inches of moisture recorded in Imperial since the first of June. But Tim May, who owns Frenchman Valley Produce at the southeast edge of town, believes ...

By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican Following delays, repairs, a sanitary issue and frustration, the Imperial pool seems to be open for the season now. The pool reopened July 6 and has been serving about 100 swimmers per day, according to pool staff. O...

By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican When fire destroyed their building last fall, Harchelroad Motors also lost their in-house paint and body shop. Without a paint shop, they couldn’t do their own work on vehicles. They were able to do body work in...

By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Stuart Gordon, 22, remains in the Chase County Jail this week, after his July 7 arrest in Imperial on first degree assault with a deadly weapon. A $100,000 bond was set a few hours after his arrest last week followi...

By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Chase County’s Progressive Ag Farm Safety Day hosted 113 youths Monday for a day of learning that may save some lives some day. That was the goal of the event, said coordinator Chris Tomky. She said children learn...

By Josh SumnerThe Wauneta Breeze Most people know about the health risks associated with prolonged exposure to radon—particularly its danger for causing lung cancer. Instead of sitting idly by, the Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department is doing so...

Hundreds attend events throughout Fourth of July weekendBy Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican While rain dampened some of Friday’s opening events, the enthusiasm remained high as Imperial celebrated its 125th anniversary last weekend. Scheduled on the n...

By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Imperial police have taken into custody a suspect in Tuesday night’s stabbing outside of the Subway restaurant in the 400 block of Broadway. Stuart Gordon, 22, was arrested about 10:15 a.m. Wednesday after being see...

■ Editor’s note: This is one in a series of feature stories about people who have returned with their families to their hometown of Imperial, after living and working in other communities.By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican It really wasn’t a ques...

By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican It was a scene right out of the movie, “Caddyshack”—only this time it wasn’t a candy bar. Saturday’s unfortunate incident at the Imperial pool again thwarted the city of Imperial’s efforts to get its pool...